Shining In The Sky ★

[starfishlovesyou]

Who: You! Everyone!
What: The Starfish Festival
When: April 14th, all day
Where: All around the plaza
Summary: It's finally here, an entire day dedicated to celebrating the starfish and spending time with friends. Have fun!
Rating: ★ Please accept this!
After months of planning and roping in poor, innocent people to help out with some of the work it's finally done. An actual festival, all for the starfish.

The morning of the 14th mostly consists of people arriving, the stalls being brought in and decorations being put up. It's all about the preparation! Most of the decorating consists of banners and streamers you might find at a school festival, all hung around doors and windows and between the buildings in the plaza. And star shaped pieces of card being stuck up here and there in places too. If the decorations don't tell you what's going on then the banners saying 'STARFISH FESTIVAL' certainly will.

Come midday the festival is in full swing. There's plenty of food at many of the stalls (either prepared by Fuuko and the other girls or brought in by other villagers) ranging from cake, ice cream and different kinds of sweet things, to starfish tea, sandwiches, all sorts of festival fare. There are a few games set up too where it's possible to win starfish related prizes like pins, badges and even plush toys and some stalls are even giving out wind chimes. Finally there's also a little entertainment provided with music being played in the background throughout most of the festival. (You should totally go listen to Kotomi giving her very own violin recital.)

By night time when most of the food is gone there will be a fireworks display to bring an end to the festival. Hopefully the Starfish Festival would be a day to remember!

(You didn't need to receive an invite in order to come, that was just the girl's attempt at getting word of the festival out there. The festival is open to anyone and everyone to come along and have a good time.)

Comments

[rageface]

Easy enough. [And without any warning, he tosses one of the bean bags. He's pretty confident in his ability to throw things straight but...

Yeah, he's knocking everything over.]

[happyends]

[ That's good, I shall relay this info to Kyon who's asking about it a few threads down.. ]

Hehe, thank you! I shall wear it with.. um.. starfish pride! [ that's totally a thing now, right. ]

And I won't forget about these happy memories.. of course I wouldn't.

[happyends]

[ ... She can't help but blink at him.. ]

I.. I hadn't even thought about it that way yet.. Do you really think it's made out of starfish, Kyon-san?

[etudes]

[ A whole band of people who play just as badly as she does?! ]

A band, is it.. .. It sounds a little like it might be fun, but.. I'm not sure if anyone would want to form one with me.

[happyends]

[ Haruhi..? Ah, maybe she's faintly heard of this person before, but what.. is that stare.. oh god, it's so scary, try to stay firm, Madoka-- okay, not working. ]

U-um.. hi..?

[etudes]

[ wow rude, Nagisa, it was a slightly different kind of screeching than usual?! ]

Of course. It's a song written specially for the Starfish Festival.

[etudes]

... Why wouldn't Fuuko-chan be able to hear? She can hear me just fine when I talk to her..

[dogboy]

[Then it's a miracle. She obviously won't believe him about her playing, and Chien bet that Fuuko just let this girl play because it was a tribute to starfish.]

You're terrible at playing whatever it is you're playing! Even if I've never seen it before, I can tell!

[broji]

[Ginji considers this. He doesn't mind being generous so long as there are chimes enough for everyone else to enjoy, too.]

However many you want, I guess. I can always make more of them after the festival.

[thinglike]

[Alright, here we go. He picks up the ring to throw...]

I can feel it! I can do this! Miiieeeeuuuu!

[And then he spins and throws it about a foot. It doesn't even make the platform.]

[rageface]

[Wow. That's really something. Even Ragna can aim better than that without looking, and at least make it further than a foot. Then again, those stubby little arms...]

Just warming up?

[thinglike]

...Huh?

[That's. Not how it was supposed to go.]

[thinglike]

Y-yes! Of course!

[He picks up the second ring to throw and concentrates...]

Mieuuuuuuuu! Mieumieumieu!

[He throws it! It hits the platform the targets are on, but doesn't go high enough to do any good.]

[wingenvy]

[Well, he knows someone who's going to need a potty break in the near future.]

Haha, you're a starfish vacuum! Here, let's try one that follows the theme a little more.

[A bit of mixing, and he passes over a foamy-looking pink monster with a red-syrup design (a star, of course) poured over the top.]

Today's special, the starberry milkshake!

[wingenvy]

Did they grow a lot of fruit back where you used to live?

Midday

[broji]

[Ginji's used to this by now, so he just smiles. If she manages to zone out completely he'll have to try to snap her out of it, though.]

They've been a big hit so far - even more than I expected. The festival has really inspired everyone's appreciation for starfish. Some people have been asking for as many as four or five wind of them. I guess I should have started work on the chimes earlier.

Who's Manamisan? A pet?

[cherishedmiracle]

[/UNSURE...]

B-but... That would be a little mean, wouldn't it?

[cherishedmiracle]

Yes, she definitely is! She has been wanting to do this before I even met her here, I think. And since she got enough people to volunteer to help, she was able to make it happen.

[cherishedmiracle]

[That's his fault!

She nods.] Mm, of course! There are lots of games, and there's lots of good food as well.

[cherishedmiracle]

[too busy bleeding through her ears okay]

Oh, I see! What's the name of it?

[fleurdesel]

That depends upon the cause of the ringing. As you were unaffected the last time we spoke it would be safe to assume you've been exposed to an excessively loud environment, yes?

[fleurdesel]

[Basic festival games weren't her forte, but. They were simple enough to work out after a bit of instruction. The goal of this one seemed to be tossing hoops to hook over bottles? She wasn't certain. Adele does turn at Scorpius' approach and offers a respectful nod.]

Good afternoon.

[dogboy]

Galpos, my home, was kind of famous for it. There was always wild fruit in the jungle, but the villagers usually cleared that away [and the animal's homes with it] for their own purposes. Those were really sweet. [There'll never be a fruit as delicious as the ones back home, but Chien's thankful the ice cream anyway.]

[subsultive]

If you can have a favorite person, then maybe you could have a favorite group of people, too?

[That works, right.]

[sharpness]

Broccoli? What does... [No, never mind.] I don't see how knowing about broccoli could mean a person is talented when it comes to playing music, but maybe now you'll see that isn't something to judge talent off of in future.